SaudiUpdated November 7

Al-Rabeeah outlines three resilience priorities

Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, Royal Court Advisor and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), set out three priorities for resilience in fragile and frontier markets during a World Economic Forum session in Brussels, which he joined remotely. The Saudi Press Agency reported his call to uphold international humanitarian law, protect relief workers and ensure safe, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access. He also advocated principled, locally led relief that does not increase risks or burdens on communities, and catalytic, multisectoral financing to support durable economic activity. Al-Rabeeah argued that grants alone cannot meet growing funding needs; his proposal includes strategically using public funds, blended finance, risk-sharing and private capital, with accountability. The approach would add lasting recovery and resilience to emergency relief, not replace it. The Saudi Press Agency reported that Saudi Arabia had provided more than $145 billion in humanitarian assistance across 175 countries, while KSrelief had implemented more than 4,000 projects in 113 countries worth more than $8.5 billion. Al-Rabeeah presented these markets as having potential for locally led opportunity and sustainable growth.

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